Life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 81.69 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico is 81.69 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico peaked at 81.69 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.27 years, in 1951.
Puerto Rico ranks 42nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 64.76 years | 60.27 years | 68.07 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 69.43 years | 68.24 years | 70.7 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 71.62 years | 70.35 years | 72.72 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.08 years | 72.48 years | 73.43 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.91 years | 72.83 years | 75.28 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.06 years | 75.51 years | 78.38 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.97 years | 78.72 years | 81.44 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.22 years | 79.43 years | 81.69 years | 4 |
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More health data for Puerto Rico
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 13,514 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 971,601 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 62.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 11,739 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 11,875 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.05 million (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 12,589 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 12,698 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 14,358 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico?
- Life expectancy vs. health spending in Puerto Rico was 81.69 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 81.69 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.27 years in 1951.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?
- Puerto Rico ranks 42nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth.